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Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the '60s and the '70s and '80s was mind altering.
-Anne Lamott
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Reading Poetry And Reading The Great Works

Anne Lamott
Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the '60s and the '70s and '80s was mind altering.
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